Opening Times:

Sunday

0945 - 1545

Monday

0945 - 1545

Tuesday

0945 - 1545

Wednesday

0945 - 1545

Thursday

0945 - 1545

Friday

0945 - 1545

Saturday

0945 - 1545

Please refer to Royal Collection website for opening dates.

Buckingham Palace serves as both the office and London residence of Her Majesty The Queen, as well as the administrative headquarters of the Royal Household. It is one of the few working royal palaces remaining in the world today.

Today the State Rooms are used extensively by The Queen and Members of the Royal Family to receive and entertain their guests on State, ceremonial and official occasions. During August and September when The Queen makes her annual visit to Scotland, the Palace's nineteen state rooms are open to visitors.

The State Rooms form the heart of the working palace and are lavishly furnished with some of the greatest treasures from the Royal Collection - paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens, Poussin and Canaletto; sculpture by Canova; exquisite examples of Sèvres porcelain; and some of the finest English and French furniture.

The Garden

Described as a 'walled oasis in the middle of London', the Palace's garden is home to thirty different species of bird and more than 350 different wild flowers, some extremely rare. Visitors end their tour with a walk along the south side of the garden, with splendid views of the west front of the Palace and the famous lake.

Buckingham Palace viewed from Green Park.

Soldiers arriving for the Changing of the Guard.

Queen Victoria Memorial.

Entrance to the Queen's Gallery.

Access Symbols Explained:

We provide facilities for people who are visually impaired. For example: Braille formats, large print, audio tapes etc.

Wheelchair access into our premises is possible with assistance.

Full, non-assisted, wheelchair access into our premises is possible.

We provide facilities for people with a mobility impairment. For example: A seating area, hand rails etc.

We provide customer toilets.

We have fully accessible toilets installed at our premises.

We offer a sign language service; please ask our staff for full details.

We offer facilities for hard of hearing people.

An induction loop has been installed to benefit our hard of hearing customers.

We provide accessible car parking spaces for disabled customers.

Low payment counters or an alternative such as portable chip and pin machine, a lap tray or a clipboard.

We provide alternative services to improve access for disabled customers, please ask staff for more details.